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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | GrowthMetricsExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |
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